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- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
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- Title
- Advertising Decal
- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
- Subject
- Calgary Stampede
- souvenir
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Maxine Bishop, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
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- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0085
- Description
- Circular pouch with two straps with buckskin ties. Green white triangular beading on straps, pouch white "Queen's Crown" beaded on green ground is on front face of cotton lined pouch. Backside of pouch beaded with silver at edge, star in middle and surrounding V shapes, all on red ground. Backside…
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- Title
- Amulet Charm
- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Circular pouch with two straps with buckskin ties. Green white triangular beading on straps, pouch white "Queen's Crown" beaded on green ground is on front face of cotton lined pouch. Backside of pouch beaded with silver at edge, star in middle and surrounding V shapes, all on red ground. Backside of pouch beaded on canvas and front side beaded on buckskin. Fringe tassels of silver beads on lower two thirds of pouch edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- lore
- religious
- Eliza Hunter
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0085
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3021 a,b
- Description
- Two heavy leather straps with leather thongs attached to the ends of the straps (a - 62.0 cm long with thongs, b - 67.0 cm long with thongs). Each strap has four round metal bells (4.0 cm diameter) tied on with leather thongs. White adhesive tape has been wrapped around the straps.
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- Title
- Armband
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Two heavy leather straps with leather thongs attached to the ends of the straps (a - 62.0 cm long with thongs, b - 67.0 cm long with thongs). Each strap has four round metal bells (4.0 cm diameter) tied on with leather thongs. White adhesive tape has been wrapped around the straps.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- dancing
- music
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3021 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feather; sinew
- Dimensions
- 69.5 (a); 72.7 (b); 58.0 (c) cm
- Description
- Three handmade arrows carved from wooden twigs, each with three split and trimmed shaft feathers bound to a notched end. All three arrows have sharpened tips and are painted with coloured bands: a) An arrow with red, green and yellow bands under feathers. Long pieces of down have been left at the bottom of the featers. b) An arrow with bands of red, blue, and red under the feathers. c) An arrow with bands of blue, red, blue,yellow, blue, red, and blue under the feathers, and with a red band at the tip.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- sports, archery
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0038 a,b,c
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; feather; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3001
- Description
- Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; feather; metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 1.2 (g) x 77.5 (g) cm
- Description
- Eight handmade arrows. Each arrow has a wooden shaft, feathers and down fletching attached to the shaft with waxed thread (sinew?), and a carved nock.a-c) Three similar arrows (72.0 x 0.8 cm) with red and green coloured bands around the shaft at the fletching. d-f) Three similar arrows (74.0 x 0.9 cm) with no markings.g) Long arrow with thick shaft (77.5 x 1.2 cm) and a serrated bone arrowhead attached with waxed thread. The shaft is marked with red at the fletching and the arrowhead.h) Arrow (69.0 x 0.7 cm) with the fletching feathers cut square. There are red bands around the shaft and at the fletching. There is a metal (copper?) band at the tip.DO NOT DISPLAY AS OF JULY 2013: Corleigh Powderface (Belton)
- Subject
- Indigenous
- crafts
- carving
- sports, archery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3001
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0347 a,b
- Description
- Heat resistant plastic ashtrays with photographic reproduction of Indigenous people (Stoney) in dish, white bases. (a) is rectangular, with rounded corners and ridged foot, stamped "Canadian Scenes, Made in Italy" on bottom. Scene of horse mounted Chief and standing woman with Mount Rundle in backg…
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 10.5 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- Heat resistant plastic ashtrays with photographic reproduction of Indigenous people (Stoney) in dish, white bases. (a) is rectangular, with rounded corners and ridged foot, stamped "Canadian Scenes, Made in Italy" on bottom. Scene of horse mounted Chief and standing woman with Mount Rundle in background, bottom left corner chipped (b) is square with rounded corners, stamped "MB Italy" logo on bottom. Pictures same Chief in portrait, signed "Banff" and marked "Indian Chief, Canada".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0347 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3019
- Description
- Round buckskin bag with drawstring closure. Bottom third of bag has deer skin with hair attached, and the bag is also decorated with artery ventricle rings sewn on outside, two are intact.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Round buckskin bag with drawstring closure. Bottom third of bag has deer skin with hair attached, and the bag is also decorated with artery ventricle rings sewn on outside, two are intact.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3019
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0377
- Description
- Plant fibre basket with bottom pointed inward, sides flare out slightly and contrast at top, patterned in three colours, the background is a shiny light beige material with dark, red brown fibres, which appear to be the outer surface of a tree bark, forming two zig-zag lines made up of a series o…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Plant fibre basket with bottom pointed inward, sides flare out slightly and contrast at top, patterned in three colours, the background is a shiny light beige material with dark, red brown fibres, which appear to be the outer surface of a tree bark, forming two zig-zag lines made up of a series of stepped parallelograms, the designs run around upper and lower portion of basket, vertical rib construction with two strands of stitching twisted around each rib.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0377
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1037
- Description
- Sturdy woven basket, straight sides with rounded corners. Stepped open diamond design on sides, two red diamonds on each long side with one black diamond on each end.
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- grass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 10.5 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy woven basket, straight sides with rounded corners. Stepped open diamond design on sides, two red diamonds on each long side with one black diamond on each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1037
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Basketry Cup And Saucer
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0372 a,b
- Description
- A small cup and saucer woven completely of split cedar(?) (a) cup - very simple deep shape with stiff braided loop handle at one side, three imbricated parallelograms around outside, one blue, one pink, one green, twining technique, lip finished in lighter colour twining. (b) saucer - small shallow…
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- Title
- Basketry Cup And Saucer
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 8.2 cm
- Description
- A small cup and saucer woven completely of split cedar(?) (a) cup - very simple deep shape with stiff braided loop handle at one side, three imbricated parallelograms around outside, one blue, one pink, one green, twining technique, lip finished in lighter colour twining. (b) saucer - small shallow dish of twining technique to match cup with a series of green, pink and red parallelograms imbricated around the edge, which is finished with a lighter colour twining.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Indigenous
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0372 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3013
- Description
- Five multi-coloured wooden beads, three with circular bands and two with lines along the length.
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- Title
- Bead
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 2.5 cm
- Description
- Five multi-coloured wooden beads, three with circular bands and two with lines along the length.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3013
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1006 a,b
- Description
- yellow geometric on white outlined in dark blue, (a) 21.8 x 8.0 x.5 (b) 20.7 x 8.5 x .5 worked directly on buckskin, thongs at each corner, (b) beaded on long edges by white beads, (a) only along 1 edge, light blue, red, and yellow triangular hourglass motifs outlined in dark blue at each end, …
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- Title
- Beaded Armband
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Description
- yellow geometric on white outlined in dark blue, (a) 21.8 x 8.0 x.5 (b) 20.7 x 8.5 x .5 worked directly on buckskin, thongs at each corner, (b) beaded on long edges by white beads, (a) only along 1 edge, light blue, red, and yellow triangular hourglass motifs outlined in dark blue at each end, 5 yellow squares outlined in dark blue form checkerboard motif at middle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1006 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- hair, horse; glass; feather; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3022 a,b
- Description
- Fur armbands with hanging pelts, feathers, hairlocks and large beaded medallions. Each medallion (6.0 cm diameter) has a scalloped blue beaded border with a multi coloured centre. Each hairlock has a beaded band in white, red and orange where it attaches to the armband. a) Armband (28.0 cm ci…
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- Title
- Beaded Armband
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- hair, horse; glass; feather; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 11.0 (a); 12.0 (b) x 105.0 (a); 110.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Fur armbands with hanging pelts, feathers, hairlocks and large beaded medallions. Each medallion (6.0 cm diameter) has a scalloped blue beaded border with a multi coloured centre. Each hairlock has a beaded band in white, red and orange where it attaches to the armband. a) Armband (28.0 cm circumference) lined with white polkadotted red fabric. This armband has a red squirrel pelt attached.b) Armband (22.0 cm circumference) lined with yellow and white fabric. This armband has a weasel pelt attached.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- ceremonial
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3022 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3023 a,b
- Description
- Two armbands made from yarn.a) Thick bright pink yarn (10.0 to 20.0 cm long) tied onto a white shoelace (22.5 cm circumference).b) Lengths of purple yarn (16.0 cm long) folded in half and machine stiched with heavy black thread to create a fringe. Leather thongs are attached to each end of the arm…
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- Title
- Beaded Armband
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 19.0 (a); 18.0 (b) x 22.0 (a); 9.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two armbands made from yarn.a) Thick bright pink yarn (10.0 to 20.0 cm long) tied onto a white shoelace (22.5 cm circumference).b) Lengths of purple yarn (16.0 cm long) folded in half and machine stiched with heavy black thread to create a fringe. Leather thongs are attached to each end of the armband (24.4 cm circumference).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- ceremonial
- crafts
- sewing
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.3023 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1044 a,b
- Description
- Pair, geometric design with American flags on white background, white background, long edges have 2 rows of mauve and one of light green, centered is a multi-coloured spade, 3 rows of red beads outline the spade, from each side, black and green bar ca 8.0 long from which hangs a stylizedAmerican fl…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.4 x 33.2 cm
- Description
- Pair, geometric design with American flags on white background, white background, long edges have 2 rows of mauve and one of light green, centered is a multi-coloured spade, 3 rows of red beads outline the spade, from each side, black and green bar ca 8.0 long from which hangs a stylizedAmerican flag 3.0 x 2.7, red and blue, near each end are 2 geometric designs, light green outlined in red, edges bound with cotton, a buckskin thong and a red twill sewn onto armband as ties. a: 33.2 x 10.4 b: 33.0 x 10.0
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1044 a,b
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0075 a,b
- Description
- Completely beaded canvas armbands with thongs of buckskin attached on underside at each of the four corners, and a double strand of canvas wrapped with beads hanging from one corner of each. Contains, on white background, three images of three light green crennelated fortresses outlined in dark red…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Completely beaded canvas armbands with thongs of buckskin attached on underside at each of the four corners, and a double strand of canvas wrapped with beads hanging from one corner of each. Contains, on white background, three images of three light green crennelated fortresses outlined in dark red with a further outline of brass beads at the crennels, and having a long blue Roman cross rising from its centre. Narrow border of canvas backing with edging of light green transparent beads along long edges. Two long strands of thick canvas rope wrapped with white beads and a blue band at the middle hang from one corner.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0075 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3050 a,b
- Description
- Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a …
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a yellow and red diamond with black and pink triangles.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3050 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0228
- Description
- A flat triangular purse with lightly beaded flap, beaver fur front, long buckskin shoulder strap, and fringes down sides becoming longer at the bottom point. Flap is beaded with three small blue triangles outlined in red and two small yellow triangles outlined in bright blue, forming a semi circula…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A flat triangular purse with lightly beaded flap, beaver fur front, long buckskin shoulder strap, and fringes down sides becoming longer at the bottom point. Flap is beaded with three small blue triangles outlined in red and two small yellow triangles outlined in bright blue, forming a semi circular shape with a vertical line of pearly pink beads outlined in green at its centre. Flap edged with pearly pink and green beads. Edging of red and light brown beads around bottom point of purse. Back body of purse tan buckskin, but fringes, flap, strap and edging band of back are white doeskin. Flap ties closed with white buckskin thongs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0228
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